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REAL ESTATE IN BUBBLE TROUBLE (New York Post via Yahoo! News) - Manhattan residential real-estate sales numbers for the last quarter are in — and the picture ain't pretty, especially at the top end of the market.

Real estate brokers buy name cachet (Chicago Tribune) - Accompanied by a Sotheby's real estate agent, house hunters can stroll through a penthouse in Manhattan or a gleaming white mansion in Lincoln Park-- the multimillion-dollar bastions of privilege on which the Sotheby's name has been built.

Crescent Real Estate to develop Del Mar property, sell UTC location (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (NYSE: CEI) announced Monday that it has committed to co-develop a 240,000-square-foot, three-building office complex in the prestigious Del Mar Heights submarket of San Diego.

A banner year for real estate funds (International Herald Tribune) - The Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing is making 2005 a record year for new stock offerings and a bonanza for investment bankers in Asia's $3 trillion real estate market.

City's real estate fever cools (Newsday) - In a possible sign that Manhattan's feverish real estate market is cooling off, brokerage firms yesterday reported a dip in median home sales prices. In addition, sales activity is down, inventory is up, and apartments are taking longer to sell.

Clemson can use real estate and equipment to match research grant funds (WIS-TV Columbia) - (Columbia-AP) October 4, 2005 - Attorney General Henry McMaster says Clemson University can count real estate and equipment that it does not own toward its requirement to match millions of dollars in state research grants.

REAL ESTATE IN BUBBLE TROUBLE (New York Post) - -- The bubble is in trouble. Manhattan residential real-estate sales numbers for the last quarter are in — and the picture ain't pretty, especially at the top end of the market.

Al Burj Real Estate to offer investment opportunities - UAE (MENAFN) - Al Burj Real Estate to offer investment opportunities - UAE

ERA Real Estate Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates for Highest Overall Satisfaction for First Time Home Sellers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - ERA Real Estate today announced it is the recipient of the 2005 J.D. Power and Associates Award for "Highest Overall Satisfaction For First Time Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms."

Further FDI predicted after $1 billion landmark real estate deal between US private equity firm and Dubai government (Mena Report) - The UAE – which currently attracts just over 25 per cent of the GCC’s foreign direct investment (FDI) – can capitalise on recent real estate deals with Western companies to ramp up inbound funds, according to one of the principal market players.